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Joshua sends soldiers to Ai and is defeated.

three thousand men

The word "men" here refers to "soldiers." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

three thousand men... thirty-six men

six men** - These refer to the number of men (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)

the hearts of the people were afraid and their courage left them

The word "people" refers to Israel. These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize the intensity of their fear. AT: “the people of Israel were terrified” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)